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Once again I’ve sewn this design – this time out of dark blue faux leather and a cotton canvas with an Aztec print. I now regret that I didn’t make a removable shoulder strap. As some of you suggested – this bag would look great as a large clutch. The changes are minor compared to […]

Bright green? Why not! 🙂 The weather encourages to reach for fabrics in bolder colors. I’ve made this bag from a green faux leather and a cotton woven fabric from Robert Kaufman’s “Fancy Flight” collection. I had trouble with finding a leather thread in the matching color, but the white one works really well. This […]

Christmas are coming soon, so it’s a good time to think about gift packing. Today I’ll show you my way of sewing a drawstring gift bag. I like this method because the bag is lined, which gives a beautiful finish inside and outside 🙂 Required materials fabric ribbon Cutting scheme Below you will find a […]

You already know this design – I’ve refined the prototype, and sewn another bag from black faux leather. It was a little more difficult to make than the last one, but on the other hand faux leather always gives more store-bought look – which is always nice. In the black version I added another zippered […]

I made a prototype of a new bag. This is not something unusual – I always do that. Usually, however, I sew them from substitute materials, and do not finish them up. This time I decided to make an exception, because I was eager to see what the final product could look like. Sewing a […]

The circular sewing attachment is a fairly simple device, mounted in place of the bobbin cover plate. The circular attachment is adjustable – you can sew with it a circle of a diameter between 5 cm (2”) and 29 cm (11”). Sewing with this device is easy as long as you stiffen your fabric properly. […]

The Summer has fled, it’s cold and dreary outside. On such days you instinctively reach for dark colors to fit in with the surroundings. I would write that to fight that dismal aura, I made a colorful handbag, but the truth is that the bag was sewed two months ago 😐 I just didn’t have […]

In the last post I showed you how I make double patch pockets. Today I would like to add a few words about finishing seams. I hope that you’re familiar with what backstitching is. Securing an end of a seam from ripping should be a natural reflex of every sewist. However, when it comes to […]

This kind of patch pocket is most common used in bags. The roomy part was design to carry mobile phones – well, the phones changed over past couple of years, so such small pocket isn’t enough in most cases any more, but you can always adjust it to your needs 🙂 Sewing steps To make […]

Faux leather is a great fabric. It doesn’t need a lot of preparation for things made with it to look good. If you’re making a bag from a woven fabric, it’s crucial to stiffen it with the right interfacing. But in country where I live – Poland, there isn’t much of a choice when it […]